Sentence examples for micro hydro from inspiring English sources

"We want to make micro hydro affordable and to do it at scale.

Micro hydro has its roots partly in northern California in the 1980s, when marijuana growers bought less-expensive land just beyond power lines.

"The potential for micro hydro in this, one of the wettest parts of Britain, is almost limitless," says Chris Blake, director of the Green Valleys (Wales) community interest company which since 2009 has secured licenses for nearly 50 micro hydro schemes, installed 23, and has 13 more under construction.

But the proposed tariff levels for power produced by small wind turbines, solar panels and micro hydro schemes were criticised by green campaigners as not being high enough to encourage businesses, households and communities to invest.

Energy Systems & Design also produces micro hydro equipment that can be used for a single home.

You'll probably need a contractor to install a micro hydro system.

"I would say micro-hydro beats farming.

Green wildflower roofs, a micro-hydro scheme and biomass wood-pellet burners for underfloor heating tick the sustainability box.

The outposts use low-maintenance energy-efficient prefab construction and alternative energy, including solar, wind and micro-hydro power.

By then, Payne's broad perspective on the mountain world had added new aspects to his expeditioning – on both trips he ran projects to build micro-hydro schemes in local villages with the Aga Khan's rural support programme and Eastern Electricity.

Oxford city council has partnered with the not-for-profit company the Low Carbon Hub, working on a range of micro-hydro and solar PV schemes throughout the county.